Holiday Contest Winner!
I cannot tell you how much I enjoyed reading through the contest entries. There were some rather interesting candidates, like Vaughn’s mother. (She’s still lording it over that family pile up north.) The Uppingtons had a considerable fan base, as did that undauntable octogenarian, the Dowager Duchess of Dovedale. In the end, though, the winners…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
I’ve had my head down over the Kenya book this week (only one chapter left to go!) so it’s been a rather sparse reading round up. My first book of 2012 was A Lady Never Lies by Juliana Grey. I adored it. It’s set in the 1890s in an Italian villa (hello, Enchanted April!), and…
Read MoreJust For Fun
Which Downton Abbey character are you? Check out the Downton Personality Quiz. I seem to be Robert, Earl of Grantham– if it comes with that house, I’ll take it!
Read MoreORCHID in Paperback!
Happy birthday to the paperback edition of The Orchid Affair! For those of you who have the hardcover, I’ve attached the Q&A from the paperback. Enjoy!
Read MoreIf You Like….
Last week’s post about biographies got me thinking about one of the favorite subgenres of my teen years: the faux diary or memoir, in which a writer impersonates a historical character, purporting to share their innermost thoughts. It provides an intimate take on well-known historical events. My hands-down favorite of this sub-genre? Anne-Marie Selinko’s Désirée…
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That title is a little misleading. As we hover on the edge of 2012, the books I’m thinking of are those that made the deepest impression on me in the old year, that impacted or changed me in some way. — Frances Osborne’s The Bolter, which set me off on my Kenya project. — Kate…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
Welcome to the last reading round-up of the old year! Next time we convene our virtual salon, it will be 2012. Bizarre, no? As the old year barreled to a close, this is what I was reading: — Eve Stachniak, The Winter Palace: A Novel of Catherine the Great. Catherine’s ascension seen through the eyes…
Read MoreSpeaking of ORCHID….
The Orchid Affair twines very closely to some actual historical events and figures. Here are some musings on Orchid Affair and the intersection of fiction and history that I scribbled for The Muse in the Fog. Only five more days until The Orchid Affair comes out in paperback!
Read MoreTeaser Tuesday: THE ORCHID AFFAIR
The Orchid Affair comes out in paperback one week from today! In honor of Orchid‘s upcoming paperback publication, here are some Fun Facts about The Orchid Affair. — The Orchid Affair was inspired by a Susan Isaacs novel called Shining Through. Okay, if I’m being honest, it was inspired by the moviebased on the novel…
Read MoreHoliday Contest!
The holiday contest is still up and running! If you haven’t already placed your vote for the character you would most like to see in a bonus chapter, pop on by. The polls close on December 31. I’ll be announcing the winner on January 2nd (or 3rd, depending on how much totting up I have…
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